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WITH YOU. >> TWO REPORTERS
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| 00:00:03 |
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OF COURSE HELPING US WITH QUESTIONS. JESSICA TAYLOR AND JONATHAN ALLEN OF "POLITICO." JESSICA, YOU HAVE THE FIRST QUESTION. GO AHEAD. >>
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| 00:00:12 |
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CONGRESSMAN ISRAEL, THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE. YOU TALKED ABOUT IN RECENT MONTHS ABOUT THE GENERIC BALLOT, THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS "WALL STREET JOURNAL"...
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| 00:00:50 |
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IS ONE OF THE MOST CERTAIN INDICATORS OF SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN HISTORY. IN 2006 WHEN WE WERE IN THE MINORITY WE WERE UP ABOUT FIVE POINTS IN THE GENERIC...
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| 00:02:01 |
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CONCERNS OR ANY CONCERNS ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA BEING ATOP THE BALLOT? AND CAN YOU WIN BACK THE HOUSE IF THE PRESIDENT LOSES RE-ELECTION? >> WELL,...
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| 00:02:12 |
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A COUNTERINTUITIVE BATTLE GROUND. LOOK, THE PRESIDENT I THINK IS GOING TO DO VERY WELL IN THIS ELECTION. THE MORE PEOPLE SEE -- HAVE YOU WATCHED THE...
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| 00:03:12 |
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TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOU'RE A FORMER MEMBER OF THE BLUE DOG COALITION. I WANT TO ASK YOU IN THE WAKE OF HEATH SHULER'S RETIREMENT FROM A COMPETITIVE DISTRICT...
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| 00:03:56 |
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THREE RESPONSES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND IN OR THE OF PRIORITY. MEDICARE, MEDICARE, MEDICARE. THIS ELECTION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT WHO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS...
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| 00:04:56 |
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ADS LAST TIME AGAINST NANCY PELOSI RUN ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD D IN EVERY COMPETITIVE DISTRICT WERE NOT EFFECTIVE THEN OR THEY WON'T BE EFFECTIVE THIS...
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| 00:05:06 |
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ADS WITH RESPECT TO NANCY PELOSI IS ONE WHAT LOST THE 2010 ELECTIONS. I THOUGHT -- I THINK IT WAS THE REPUBLICAN SUPERPACS WHO CAME IN, BEAMED INTO DISTRICTS...
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| 00:05:43 |
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FROM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WASN'T A CUT TO MEDICARE? >> IT WAS A --
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| 00:05:46 |
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WE ACTUALLY STRENGTHENED THE SOLVENCY OF MEDICARE. BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT ON THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN AND A VOTE THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET...
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| 00:06:23 |
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THESE COMPETITIVE SEATS, ARE YOU EXPECTING MORE RETIREMENTS? >> IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
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| 00:06:28 |
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TO PREDICT WHO'S GOING TO RETIRE. I WILL SAY THIS, THAT IN CALIFORNIA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD A SLOUGH OF RETIREMENTS AS A RESULT...
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| 00:07:04 |
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THEN IF YOU'VE MADE UP AN ILLINOIS WHAT YOU LOST IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR REDISTRICTING, DOES THAT MEAN SOME DEMOCRATIC INCOMBANLTS LIKE LARRY KISSEL,...
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| 00:07:17 |
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SAY THAT AT ALL. WE'RE GOING TO USE ALL THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOL BOX TO BRING BACK DEMOCRATS WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE TO PROTECT MEDICARE AND REBUILD THE...
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| 00:08:00 |
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JUST AS MUCH MONEY TO THEM AS YOU ARE TO THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS? >>
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| 00:08:03 |
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WE'RE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON A 50-STATE PLAYING FIELD. AND DECIDE WHERE RESOURCES ARE GOING TO GO BASED ON STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND REALTIME,...
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| 00:08:19 |
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ONE KEY DIFFERENCE I SEE IS THAT THERE'S SEVERAL ENDANGEREDED REPUBLICANS THERE, YES, AND THAT IS A STATE THAT YOU ALL HAVE VERY GOOD PICKUP OPPORTUNITIES...
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| 00:08:48 |
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YEAH. AND SO I'VE BEEN VERY REALISTIC. EARLY ON WE SAID THAT NORTH CAROLINA WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. WE RECOGNIZED THAT NORTH CAROLINA WAS GOING...
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| 00:09:47 |
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BE REACHING A COMPROMISE DOWN THERE. WE'RE ALMOST STARTING TO SEE COURT CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE NEW FAIR DISTRICTS LAW. ARE THERE SPECIFIC...
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| 00:10:03 |
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THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT MY CONCERN. IT'S ALLEN WEST'S CONCERN. HE MOVED OUT OF HIS OWN DISTRICT OR IS TALKING ABOUT LEAVING HIS OWN DISTRICT...
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| 00:11:19 |
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STILL NOT AS MANY AS YOU WOULD LIKE AND HOPE THERE. >> IF EVERY SEAT WAS
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| 00:11:25 |
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A DEMOCRATIC SEAT -- >>
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| 00:11:29 |
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WELL. >> WE'VE ALSO
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| 00:11:30 |
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FACTORED THAT IN. THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT. MY JOB AND THE DCCC'S JOB IS TO CREATE THE BEST ENVIRONMENT WE CAN AND TO EXPLOIT...
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| 00:11:44 |
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YOU TALKED TO DEMOCRATIC DONORS. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE GAP, I KNOW YOU DON'T RAISE OR YOU DON'T HAVE COORDINATION WITH SUPERPACS BUT I'M CURIOUS....
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| 00:12:05 |
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IS WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT. THIS IS ONE OF THE -- WE HAVE CHECKED THE BOX ON EVERYTHING, ALL OF OUR FIVE MAJOR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES THAT WE SET OUT...
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| 00:13:05 |
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MORE MONEY READY TO BE GIVEN TO THESE DEMOCRATIC -- >> I HAD
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| 00:13:08 |
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HOPE SO. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SOLICIT BUT OUR ALLIES KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WENT WRONG IN 2010 WAS A LACK OF A ROBUST RESPONSE TO KARL ROVE...
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| 00:13:26 |
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DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING, WE NEED TO HOLD OUR MAJORITY THERE. HOW DO YOU TELL A DEMOCRATIC DONOR OR WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM TO GET THEM TO GIVE TO YOUR...
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| 00:13:34 |
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I WAS WITH VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF US WORKING TOGETHER. AND HE SAID IT BEST. HE SAID, WHY...
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| 00:15:08 |
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RESOURCES, THOUGH, THIS NEW RED TO BLUE PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE GOT GOING, 57 RACES THAT YOU'RE TARGETING. ARE YOU SPREADING YOURSELF THIN? >>
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| 00:15:15 |
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NO. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE THAT PROBLEM NOW. THEY HAVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD IN 2010. THEY'VE GOT ABOUT -- IN 2010 WE HAD BETWEEN 80 AND 100 RACES...
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| 00:16:34 |
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OF LOST IN ALL THE PRESIDENTIAL NEWS THIS WEEK, DID YOU WIN A SPECIAL ELECTION IN OREGON'S FIRST DISTRICT BY 14 POINTS BUT THIS WAS A RACE THAT YOU SPENT...
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| 00:17:19 |
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DISTRICT IS -- PRESENTS A FASCINATING CASE STUDY. VERY UNIQUE. BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SPECIAL WILL OCCUR IS NOT THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE...
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| 00:17:52 |
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HER TO ENDORSE? >> THAT'S GOING
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| 00:17:54 |
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TO BE HER DECISION. RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CANDIDATE THAT EMERGES REFLECTS THE KIND OF WORK ETHIC AND THE KIND OF PRIORITIES AND ...
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| 00:18:11 |
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RECRUIT? >>
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| 00:18:12 |
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YEAH. CONGRESSMAN GIFFORDS AND MARK AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HER WHO ARE SO EXPERIENCED IN THAT DISTRICT HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A VARIETY OF FOLKS. >> CAN...
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| 00:18:22 |
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SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ARE AND WHO IT IS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE RUN FOR THAT
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| 00:18:26 |
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SEAT? >> NO. NOT YET. I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO THEM. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED AND I'M SURE THE RIGHT ONE WILL -- >> WERE...
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| 00:18:35 |
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MARK KELLY DECIDE NOT TO RUN? THAT RON BARBER WHO WAS SHOT IN THE INCIDENT DECIDED NOT TO RUN? >> LOOK,
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| 00:18:43 |
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MARK'S PRIMARY CONCERN IS GABBY AND I DID TALK TO HIM AND I DID ASK HIM IF HE WOULD CONSIDER RUNNING AND HE SAID, THE ONLY THING I WILL CONSIDER IS...
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| 00:19:13 |
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ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE OR TWO MORE QUESTIONS. >> CAN YOU SEE A SCENARIO
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| 00:19:17 |
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WHERE THIS IS A MORE COMPETITIVE DISTRICT THAN THE REDISTRICTING. COULD YOU SEE A SCENARIO WHERE YOU DO LOSE THE SENATE SPECIAL AND HAVE A BETTER...
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| 00:19:29 |
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RIGHT. IT IS SO FLUID AND SO UNIQUE THAT EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT I DO SEE A DIFFERENT SCENARIO. WHAT'S IMPORTANT NOW IS THAT WE MAKE SURE WE COULD...
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| 00:19:59 |
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TO ASK OF SPEAKER SPECIALS. DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPECIALS OR A RACE THAT MAYBE THE PROGNOSTICATORS HAVE NOT PUT ON THE BOARD OR HAVE AT THE EDGE OF THE...
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| 00:20:07 |
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A SPECIAL? IF THERE'S ANOTHER SPECIAL -- >>
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| 00:20:10 |
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NO. AN UPSET SPECIAL. I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO PROJECT RESIGNATIONS. IN NOVEMBER, IS THERE A DISTRICT WHERE YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IS SO GOOD...
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| 00:20:27 |
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AND VARIOUS PEOPLE TELL ME THAT 2012 IS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE 2006. WHERE YOU HAD RACES THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY'D PUT ON THE BOARDS THAT ENDED UP...
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| 00:21:04 |
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NEW YORK HAS YET TO REALLY APPROACH REDISTRICTING. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING THERE THAT'S GOING ON AND THIS IS ALSO A STATE WHERE YOU LOST SEVERAL SEATS LAST...
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| 00:21:14 |
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TO BE THE LAST QUESTION. >> IN A NUT SHELL WE HAVE
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| 00:21:17 |
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THREE INCUMBENT PRIORITIES IN NEW YORK. CONGRESSMAN BISHOP, CONGRESSWOMAN HOCHUL, CONGRESSMAN OWENS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY COME BACK. AND THEN...
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| 00:21:43 |
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ISRAEL HEGGED UP THE DCCC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>
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| 00:21:48 |
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THANKS. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] >> AND WE'RE BACK
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| 00:21:52 |
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WITH OUR REPORTER ROUND TABLE. WITH AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT DEMOCRATS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE IN 2012. DO THEY DO IT? >> IT'S CERTAINLY
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| 00:22:00 |
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AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR THEM. THE MATH THAT CONGRESSMAN ISRAEL'S TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW WHERE HE'S GOT 75 ON THE BOARD IS A LOT BIGGER THAN MOST FOLKS WHO...
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| 00:22:47 |
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YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT IN YOUR ANALYSIS, YOU'VE DUG DOWN INTO THIS, HE'S SAYING IT COULD BE CLOSE TO 25, IT COULD BE RAZOR THIN, BUT YOUR ANALYSIS...
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| 00:23:06 |
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SOMEWHAT -- 12 COULD BE A GENEROUS ASSUMPTIONS. DEMOCRATS, A GREAT NIGHT FOR THEM WOULD BE 12 TO 20. THAT PUTS THEM CLOSER IN 2014, EVEN SOME DEMOCRATIC...
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| 00:24:26 |
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CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >>
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| 00:24:27 |
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THAT'S A NATIONWIDE INDICATOR AND ONE THING I THINK THAT SORT OF SKEWS THAT A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW IS I THINK PEOPLE ARE SORT OF SEEING A FRUSTRATION...
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| 00:25:07 |
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OUR VIEWERS THE STATES TO WATCH THAT ARE IMPORTANT. >> CALIFORNIA
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| 00:25:10 |
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IS ONE THE DEMOCRATS, I THINK THEY HAD AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION THAT THEY NEED TO PICK UP AS MANY AS FIVE SEATS THERE AND THEY HAVE SOME...
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| 00:25:46 |
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MORE RETIREMENTS OR IS IT ALMOST GETTING TOO LATE TO RETIRE? >> THERE WILL BE
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| 00:25:50 |
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MORE RETIREMENTLESS. THERE'S CERTAINLY PEOPLE ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW WHO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO RETIRE, WHO HAVE ALL BUT SAID THEY'RE GOING ...
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| 00:26:23 |
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JONATHAN, TO STEVE ISRAEL ABOUT SUPERPACS AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING TOWARD REPUBLICAN SUPERPACS VERSUS DEMOCRATIC SUPERPACS. HE SAID IT KEEPS HIM...
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| 00:26:36 |
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HIM UP AT NIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY FLOWING INTO THESE RACES FROM OUTSIDE THAT REPUBLICANS REALLY ARE DOMINATING RIGHT NOW. THAT MONEY CHASE....
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| 00:27:25 |
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TAYLOR, WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS RED TO BLUE PROGRAM, 57 TARGETS THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR LIST, HE -- HELP US READ THROUGH THE LINES HERE. WHAT WAS...
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| 00:27:47 |
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DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN RECRUITING. THEY HAVE SEVERAL STRONG CANDIDATES BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THEY HAD TO DO TO PUT IN PLACE AND ISRAEL...
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| 00:28:45 |
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LAST ELECTION, 2010, ONE OF THE THINGS REPUBLICANS DID VERY SUCCESSFULLY WAS RECRUIT FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO RUN FOR THEIR OLD SEATS. STEVE CHABOT,...
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| 00:29:16 |
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SANDLIN HAD A POLL IS THAT CAME OUT THAT SHE WOULD HAVE WON AND SHE DECIDED NOT TO RUN. >>
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| 00:29:21 |
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THERE WAS CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS TO TRY TO WORK WITH SOME OF THESE CANDIDATES. THEY DID TRY TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO HAD...
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| 00:29:37 |
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THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK
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| 00:29:41 |
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YOU. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2012] >>
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| 00:29:46 |
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CAN YOU WATCH "NEWSMAKERS" AGAIN WITH DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN STEVE ISRAEL
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